A newly described Patagonian fossil reveals the evolutionary origins and global spread of the tiny alvarezsaur dinosaurs.

For decades, the public perception of prehistoric life has been heavily dominated by the squamate model, a cinematic framework that depicted dinosaurs as oversized, scaly reptilian monsters. On March ...

A new miniseries, narrated by Morgan Freeman, combines recent fossil research with cinematic reconstruction.

“This study demonstrates that eggshell biocalcite from non-avian dinosaurs, birds, and other egg-laying vertebrates has the ...

A nearly complete 90-million-year-old dinosaur fossil from Patagonia, Alnashetri, reveals how alvarezsaurs evolved and shrank over time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New dinosaur fossils were discovered at the Dinosaur National Monument, leading to the first excavation there in more than 100 ...

An international team of geologists and paleontologists is pioneering a groundbreaking methodology to reliably determine the age of fossil-bearing rocks—by directly dating fossilized dinosaur ...

Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. Previously, Lucia was the director of digital content at FOX61 News in Connecticut and has previously written for outlets including ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fossil quarry hall at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, July 6, 2013. (David Fulmer via Flickr CC 2.0) Construction crews have ...